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Weekly Recap: Collapsible Sidebar, QR Code Printouts & RCS Text Preview ✨📱

Weekly Recap: Collapsible Sidebar, QR Code Printouts & RCS Text Preview ✨📱
Hey photo friends! 👋

Candy here with another round of NowCandid updates! This week brings a more flexible Dashboard sidebar, easier QR code sharing, a new price level reference page, and a preview of cleaner-looking RCS messaging.

🖥️ Dashboard Improvements

📌 Collapsible Sidebar on desktop

  • You can now collapse the Dashboard Sidebar to give yourself more room. Click the edge of the Sidebar to toggle it, or use CTRL/CMD+B or CTRL/CMD+S.

🎓 “Class of 2026” background pack added

  • Available now in the Offer Creator.

🖼️ Participant Details fix

  • Invisible BGR images now appear where expected.

📅 Event Calendar fix

  • Hidden Events no longer appear on the Event Calendar.

Better performance for large Events

  • Event Participants and Manage Images pages now behave better with several thousand participants or images, including faster initial loading, longer timeouts, and clearer loading feedback.

📊 Default Price Levels Overview is now built into the Dashboard

View it here: https://app.nowcandid.com/offers/price-level-overview

🔳 QR Creator Upgrade: Printable QR Code Cards

🖨️ Download a PDF sheet of QR code cards

  • The NowCandid QR Code Generator can now create a printable PDF sheet with customizable text.

Great for:

🎓 Placing QR cards on graduation chairs for Selfie Check-In

🏈 Handing out QR cards at sports events linking to an All Images Gallery

📸 Creating polished cards for check-in links, retail links, or any URL you want to share

💬 RCS Messaging Preview

We’re testing RCS messaging for some texts.

📱 Texts can appear as coming from “QuicPics” instead of a phone number

📷 Uses a generic camera-style logo to keep things white-labeled

✅ Helps messages look cleaner and easier to find

🛡️ May help reduce spam filtering in some cases

Currently, RCS is available for:

  • Dashboard 2FA texts
  • Find Me Portal texts

We’ll likely explore rolling this out to marketing texts after grad season.

🛍️ Retail Updates

💸 Slash-through pricing improved

  • Slash-through amounts now use week 3 pricing when applicable, or à la carte pricing if that is higher.
  • So now, we've ensured your customer is always seeing the maximum amount of Discount being provided! Automatically.

📦 Personal Gallery Download slash-through price

  • Even though Personal Gallery Download is technically a package, it can now show a slash-through price based on the individual download product in your Event, when available.

🖼️ Better package performance with BGR images

  • Selecting and editing BGR images inside packages should feel faster.

🧼 Cleaner BGR timing on retail

  • Images going through background removal will no longer appear on the retail site before the BGR process is finished.
  • This helps keep galleries clearer for shoppers! Especially during grad season, when high BGR volume can occasionally slow processing down.

🧩 Favorites Gallery download fix

  • Fixed an edge case where the Personal Image Gallery Download product could appear for Favorites Galleries even when Dynamic Personal Gallery Download was not enabled.

🛠️ Small Fixes & Cleanup

📅 Hidden Events no longer appear on the Event Calendar.

🖼️ Invisible BGR images now display correctly on Participant Details.

⚡ Large Events with thousands of participants or images should feel more stable and responsive.

That’s the update for this week!

From a cleaner Dashboard layout to printable QR cards and better retail pricing displays, these changes are all about making NowCandid easier to use in real-world event workflows.

Keep creating magic,

Candy 🍬

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It was one of the many ways we leveled up your business this year! 🎁

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And don’t forget—on December 25th, we’ll unveil something truly special. Until then, keep capturing the magic of the season! 🎄

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📸 Candy’s 12 Days of Christmas: Day 1 – The New NowCandid Web Dashboard 🎄🎁
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Hello, my merry photographer friends! 🎅

Candy here, and I’m excited to kick off a special holiday celebration with all of you!

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  • Participant Details & Gallery Management:

    With the new dashboard, you can dive straight into a participant’s details, view their assigned images, and even add more images to their gallery if needed. This level of control made delivering a personalized experience easier than ever.
  • Enhanced Order Details & Reports:

    Gone are the days of scattered information. The updated dashboard brought comprehensive order details front and center, along with in-depth reports. Now you can monitor sales, understand trends, and make data-driven decisions with confidence.
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Stay tuned for Day 2 tomorrow, where we’ll highlight another standout feature from 2024.🎄✨

Until then, keep embracing the holiday spirit and know that something truly special awaits you on December 25th!

Candy 🍬

Weekly Recap: QuicPics Improvements! 📸🎉
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Weekly Recap: QuicPics Improvements! 📸🎉

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Hello again, my wonderful photographers! 🎅

Candy here, bringing you another Weekly Recap. It’s a light week for changes, but we’ve got a couple of handy tweaks worth mentioning. Let’s dive in! 🌟

1. Bigger, Better Downloads for QuicPics & QuicPics GO 🏆

  • Improved Download Quality: Images downloaded directly from the retail site during QuicPics or QuicPics GO events—via “tap and hold” or the download icon—now come closer in size and quality to what clients receive through free downloads at checkout or via MMS.
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2. Clearer QuicPics Products in the Offer Creator 💡

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Stay tuned, enjoy the holiday season, and get ready for a festive lineup of features! 🎁

Candy 🍬

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